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WORSHIPPER,
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
(Gr. neocoros = temple-sweeper (Acts 19:35) of the great goddess Diana). This name neocoros appears on most of the extant Ephesian coins
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
a translation of the Greek word neocoros, used once only, (Acts 19:35) in the margin, “temple-keeper.” The neocoros was originally an attendant in a temple probably intrusted with its charge. The term neocoros became thus applied to cities or communities which undertook the worship of particular emperors even during their lives. The first occurrence of the term in connection with Ephesus is on coins of the age of Nero, A.D. 54-68.
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
WORSHIPPER, in Acts 19:35, should be "temple-keeper," a term applied to cities devoted to the worship of some special idol, as Ephesus was to that of Diana.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
WORSHIPPER, in Acts 19:35, should be "temple-keeper," a term applied to cities devoted to the worship of some special idol, as Ephesus was to that of Diana.